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Community Site Launch Event Manchester

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 from 5:45 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Community Site Launch Event Manchester

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NESTA Manchester Event Invitee Ended Free  

Event Details

NESTA Banter in Manchester Connecting New Businesses

NESTA is launching a new community site for Start-up businesses and those supporting them. We want you to be part of it - we'll be sending you your membership details when we launch on March 1st.  

To celebrate this launch we are organising NESTA Banter: a Networking event for you to get to meet the other members of this community face to face and virtually – yes, we are getting a bit technical and will be hooking 5 cities up with video link ups.  This is a chance for you to get a sense of the rich community you are an important part of, and it will have presentations and showcases from members of the community. There will also be a chance to banter over drinks and nibbles. 
 

Who's speaking

We've scoured our little black books for the most lively and interesting speakers, including NESTA awardees and other inspiring creatives.

Check them out:  

·         Lizzie Jackson – BBC community guru

·         Ian Gouldstone – BAFTA award winning animatorGavin ·         Richard Brown – interaction designer working on sophisticated and immersive human computer interactions

·         Rose Kane – Designer who has developed an innovative bread baking technique

·         Chris Murphy – described as "a William Morris for the digital age" by Creative Review

·         Hannah Campion – Fine artist who combines underwater photography and industrial spray guns

·         Richard Taylor – runs ‘to what end’ a challenging creative practice excited by worthwhile ends

·         Laura Williams and Nina Belk – Service design duo who run Zest Innovation

·         Kiaran Khan – made-to-measure ethnic evening and bridal wear designer

·         Gaylie Runcimen – runs an award winning digital media and animation company rm-star 

Showcase
We will be putting together a show real of work from members of the community which we will be showing on the night. If you have images of your work or animations or films you have produced then please email them to:Meaghan.Macdonald@nesta.org.uk by the 6th March.(Please send 2 or 3 images of work and no files larger than 1MB)If you have any queries about this people contact Meg on: +44 (0)20 7438 2689

 

Alternatively if you are feeling adventurous the event is also taking place in the following cities: Belfast, GlasgowLondon and Newcastle

When & Where



Urbis

M43BG Manchester
United Kingdom

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 from 5:45 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)


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